Game Of Thrones New Episode Leaked – Hackers Demands Millions In Ransom

Is HBO hack similar to the Sony Pictures hack from year 2014? Ever since the news broke that HBO got hacked, the comparison between HBO and Sony Pictures hack is making the waves. Some reports have seized on the amount of data stolen to claim that the HBO hack was seven times bigger, or possibly worse, than the Sony hack.

The hacking group has released another batch of documents, including a month long emails of one of the company’s executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth episode of “Game of Thrones – Season 7” which is set to be aired on August 13. This is the second leak from the hackers who claimed to have obtained around 1.5 terabytes of information from HBO. There are other unreleased episodes from the shows “Ballers” and “Room 104,” also included in the leak.

After releasing another half gigabyte of data, hackers demanded $7.5 million in BitCoin from HBO Network. The hackers shared a ransom note, in the form of a video, demanding HBO to pay or else even more sensitive company data will be posted online. The ransom note was shared in a form of a bizarre video with scrolling text set to the Game of Thrones soundtrack, which was sent to the CEO of the HBO Network.

The hackers demanded money from Plepler, the CEO of the HBO Network.

“We successfully breached into your huge network. HBO was one of our difficult targets to deal with, but we succeeded (it took about 6 months),” the letter reads as quoted by Wired.

“Our demand is clear and Non-Negotiable: We want XXXX dollars to stop leaking your Data. HBO spends 12 million for Market Research and 5 million for GOT7 advertisements. So consider us another budget for your advertisements!”

The ransom note also included the deadline for the payment which is 3 days only. But hackers didn’t mentioned any specific date. The ransom video also included an image of the Night King Villan from the Game of Thrones with his arms raised, holding ‘STANDING” in one hand and “FALLING” in other.

HBO spokesperson Jeff Cusson told the publication that the company had been expecting more data to emerge from its data breach, but that the company’s “forensic review is ongoing.”

“The review to date has not given us a reason to believe that our email system as a whole has been compromised. We continue to work around the clock with outside cyber security firms and law enforcement to resolve the incident.”

There are no further updates from HBO Networks so far. We will keep you updated as soon as we get any further information.